Documentaries by Adam Curtis ©

The Century of the Self

"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis

1. Happiness Machines

2. The Engineering of Consent

3. There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed

4. Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering

The Living Dead

"This series investigates the way that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used by politicians and others." - Adam Curtis

1. On The Desperate Edge Of Now

2. You Have Used Me As A Fish Long Enough

3. The Attic

The Power of Nightmares

"This film explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today." - Adam Curtis

1. Baby it's Cold Outside

2. The Phantom Victory

3. The Shadows in the Cave

The Trap

This series consists of three one-hour programmes which explore the concept and definition of freedom, specifically, "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom." - Adam Curtis

1. Fuck You Buddy

2. The Lonely Robot

3. We Will Force You To Be Free

Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box, subtitled A fable from the age of science, is a six part 1992 BBC documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism.

1. The Engineers Plot

2. To The Brink Of Eternity

3. The League Of Gentlemen

4. Goodbye Mrs Ant

5. Black Power

6. AIs For Atom

The Mayfair Set

This is a documentary series on how City of London bankers systematically dismantled British industry from the 1960s-90s and removed the power of the state to protect people from the greed of the market.